FRIDAY FEELINGS, presented by Bluefeather OM

Welcome to Friday Feelings where I pick an insight from our Archive and then ask: But what does it mean? I try to explain what it means (for myself) and then I defer to you for your thoughts!

'Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.'  (Lin Yutang)

At this point, I'm supposed to ask: But what does it mean?

I won't this time, though, if that's OK. Anything I add to the quote would be non-essential!😊

My favourite pick from the Insights Archive is # 169. The quote is just two lines from a  translation of an old, obscure Zen poem called The Jewel Samadhi. I'll talk about it next week, but in the meantime, here's the first line:

'Like gazing into a jewel mirror, form and reflection view one another...'

The next line is so profound that it could actually change your life! (I'm not kidding!)

Tune in next Friday and I'll add my Friday Feeling this time in an attempt to explain it. Hopefully, you'll have a moment to contribute your own thoughts!

Actually, the quote reminded me of the mirror scene from the Marx Brothers'  Duck Soup. It's just three minutes long but I guarantee it will make you laugh!

Duck Soup, Mirror scene

Talk to you next Friday!

Greg,

www.bluefeather.ie

FRIDAY FEELINGS

Welcome to my weekly blog for Bluefeather OM, Friday Feelings!

In our special course run every month in Dublin, Energising through English, we ask our participants to pick a number at random.  We then highlight that particular Insight from our Archive for a little interlude of fun and discussion!

The first thing we ask is: But what does it mean?

And so we provide our own suggestions and interpretations!

In the weekly blog, I pick a number at random. 

Then I ask: But what does it mean? 

And then I give my own 'feeling' as to what I think it means. 

I then invite you to join in the fun and submit your own comment on what you think it means!

Today (20/01/17) is Trump's inauguration day in America, so rather than pick a number at random, I decided to choose number 2 from our Insights Archive:

2. Since everything is none other than exactly as it is, one may well just break out in laughter. (Long Chen Pa, 14th century)

But what does it mean?

My feeling is that you can see the humour in everything, even in nature, if your frame of reference is your Source, not your body, not your physical/mental self. 

What does that mean?   

Well, by Source I mean your consciousness, the real You who sees what your eyes see, the Listener who listens to what you listen to. Everything changes non-stop all the time, but Source remains; it never changes.

Sometimes you see birds or insects shuffling about, appearing to take themselves very seriously. We humans are no different. Even more so; we are serious about taking ourselves seriously! And then we die, just like the birds and the insects. And are forgotten. Oh, and of course because we're human, we take death seriously too; we have a theatrical funeral service and a burial and all these nice eulogies to remind all the people of what wonderful humans we once were. But sooner or later, just like the birds and the insects, we are forgotten, 

But, I hear you say, we can't just wander aimlessly through life laughing at everything! That's irresponsible!

When you see the world from Source, your laughter springs from joy, the joy of compassion, of love. Joy is the same as love. It is our natural state. You also realize that the only way to solve a problem is to dissolve it. 

As the late Wayne Dyer put it: when you change  the way you look at things, the things you look at change. In your own life, when you see the humour in everything, everything changes, everything becomes easier, lighter; the impossible suddenly becomes possible. That's how real and lasting change for the better takes place. By dissolving instead of solving the problem, you reveal the situation as it is. When you try to solve a problem, you give it energy, you recognise it as a problem. But in reality, it's only a problem because you see it as a problem. 

After all, everything is none other than exactly as it is. 

Well, that's my feeling.

What do YOU think?

P.S. If you submit a comment, you can pick a number from our Archive (1-365) for the next blog!